| 251. Author: izonfire | Date: Sun, 3/15/2020, 1:38AM EST | |
Goose7 wrote:Not sure where you are pulling your data from, but all I have to go by are my actual purchasing experiences with the FreeFall system. I generally spend upwards of 15-20 minutes watching the price cycle and determining the bottom before I get ready to make the purchase. Every 10-20 cycles, there will often be one cycle that drops considerably lower before the price resets (Pre-Reset) than all the previous cycles average bottom price. This is what I wait for and when I make the purchase. While this technique does take an investment of time, it has served me very well up to now, so I have no plans to stop saving the additional $$ off my FreeFall purchases. Here are a few examples of recent "Garbage" that I purchased on CB using FreeFall. 1) Perdomo 20th Anniversary Maduro Epicure (Toro) (6.0"x56) Box of 24 - Retail: $228.00 - Average Pre-Reset: $139.00 - My Actual Purchase Price: $127.42 x 2 (Took just under 20 cycles to hit that lowest number) 2) Oliva Serie 'V' Lancero (Lancero/Panatela) (7.0"x38) Box of 36 - Retail: $300.00 - Average Pre-Reset: $161.xx - My Actual Purchase Price: $151.91 3) Punch Gran Puro Nicaragua Robusto (4.9"x48) Pack of 10 - Retail: $59.90 - Average Pre-Reset: $32.xx - My Actual Purchase Price: $25.94 x 2 Maybe you should spend a little more time watching the deal before spending more $$ than you actually need to.  King's trying to help you. Don't be such an unappreciative bitch... |
| 252. Author: KingoftheCove | Date: Sun, 3/15/2020, 9:54AM EST | |
No, Goose is right.....I misread his OP.
The difference between the lowest reset, and a typical, or higher end reset is in the 10-15% range.
I interpreted this erroneously as the lowest reset was 10-15% lower than any other reset.........as in..........there was one magical extra low reset that appears every 20 minutes or so. |
| 253. Author: KingoftheCove | Date: Sun, 3/15/2020, 10:02AM EST | |
Actually, that would be a cool marketing gimmick cbid could employ.
Call it FreeFall Friday.
Once per hour, every item on FF falls and additional 15% below the lowest reset, from say............. 6 to 10pm EST |
| 254. Author: Dg west deptford | Date: Sun, 3/15/2020, 4:16PM EST | |
Speaking of marketing
The mods should give us a platinum membership or a discount code - commie 13 works for me. |
| 255. Author: KingoftheCove | Date: Sun, 3/15/2020, 7:08PM EST | |
I approve ^^ Comrade.
What’s my number by the way? |
| 256. Author: clintCigar | Date: Sun, 3/15/2020, 8:26PM EST | |
^#8 Dg is not on The Commie 13 list though his suggestion is gold errrrrrr.. platinum.
So Goose7 you save around 10 bucks for staring at a screen with a ticker on it for around 20min? I think I'll just pay the extra. |
| 257. Author: BigDickExpress | Date: Mon, 3/23/2020, 10:19PM EST | |
https://www.cigarbid.com...hensinksampler/3514115/ This one got out of control quickly. The quick buy was $59.99! Winning bid was up to $80 but in checking back tonight, looks like the final was $77. This is $69.99 on CI!? I think some people may be paying a bit more lately since a lot of the b&m's are closing? Unsure |
| 258. Author: KingoftheCove | Date: Mon, 3/23/2020, 11:14PM EST | |
Are you related to FrankieT? |
| 259. Author: tonygraz | Date: Tue, 3/24/2020, 4:34AM EST | |
I think I smoked every one of those Gurks during my Gurkfests - didn't bid on that lot. I suppose I could have gone as high as $20 if I did |
| 260. Author: Stogie1020 | Date: Wed, 4/1/2020, 6:27PM EST | |
Oh man, this quarantine has people going crazy. $20 for a fiver of CAO Brazilia Gol... *SMH* https://www.cigarbid.com...ao-brazilia-gol/3523191/ |
| 261. Author: USNGunner | Date: Wed, 4/1/2020, 7:05PM EST | |
Best cigars ever!  |
| 262. Author: tonygraz | Date: Wed, 4/1/2020, 7:56PM EST | |
Where in the world is GFN ? |
| 263. Author: Stogie1020 | Date: Wed, 4/1/2020, 11:01PM EST | |
I mean, I like them a lot, but only at ~$2 a stick... |
| 264. Author: KingoftheCove | Date: Thu, 4/2/2020, 8:50AM EST | |
https://www.cigarbid.com...g-pipe-tobacco/3529305/ This^^ is on FF, 6 days a week, with several resets at $23ish (probably one of the best regular deals on cbid btw) |
| 265. Author: Stogie1020 | Date: Thu, 4/2/2020, 6:27PM EST | |
That doesn't look like a cigar... |
| 266. Author: Ruby | Date: Thu, 4/2/2020, 8:05PM EST | |
I see someone (?? Of Vassar) has bid on 6 My Father 1922 Bijou churchill's for $30 a piece. They had to think they were bidding on 5 packs. That equates to $690 a box. Crazy!!! |
| 267. Author: KingoftheCove | Date: Thu, 4/2/2020, 8:54PM EST | |
Stogie1020 wrote:That doesn't look like a cigar... well.........put a couple of chunks in a cob pipe.........its dang good |
| 268. Author: Stogie1020 | Date: Mon, 4/6/2020, 7:28PM EST | |
Welp, 15 or so of us were bidding along nicely in the $15-$16/5pk range and then JB of Greenup IL came along and overbid on all 25 lots... Sigh... https://www.cigarbid.com...o-1970-robusto/3530554/ |
| 269. Author: KingoftheCove | Date: Mon, 4/6/2020, 8:05PM EST | |
Whadda greedy douche!
They’re a pretty good smoke.........not $5/ea good imo |
| 270. Author: Palama | Date: Mon, 4/6/2020, 8:06PM EST | |
$637.50 + shipping Obviously the dude / dudette must REALLY like them! But clearly overpaid.  |
| 271. Author: Dg west deptford | Date: Mon, 4/6/2020, 8:08PM EST | |
Gotta be a b&m purchase |
| 272. Author: Stogie1020 | Date: Mon, 4/6/2020, 9:44PM EST | |
∆ my thought exactly |
| 273. Author: KingoftheCove | Date: Mon, 4/6/2020, 10:59PM EST | |
Yah......but not too smaht.
If he just bids on say, 10 fivers, maybe he gets em $15/ea........do that a couple times.
Then again, maybe he lights em with $20 bills.... |
| 274. Author: Stogie1020 | Date: Mon, 4/6/2020, 11:30PM EST | |
Overpaying like that, he probably lights them with rolls of toilet paper... Baller. |
| 275. Author: KingoftheCove | Date: Tue, 4/7/2020, 10:07AM EST | |
Stogie1020 wrote:Overpaying like that, he probably lights them with rolls of toilet paper... Baller. HA! |
| 276. Author: tonygraz | Date: Tue, 4/7/2020, 11:09AM EST | |
Would be funny if they turned out to be internet cigars. |
| 277. Author: borndead1 | Date: Wed, 4/8/2020, 7:23PM EST | |
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| 278. Author: edin508 | Date: Wed, 4/8/2020, 7:34PM EST | |
borndead1 wrote:https://www.cigarbid.com/a/asylum-straight-jacket-gordo/3535009/ 4 of em at $55 lmao |
| 279. Author: Palama | Date: Wed, 4/8/2020, 7:56PM EST | |
edin508 wrote:4 of em at $55 lmao Either a clear case of getting fooled by the picture and not reading the description or people that REALLY wanted them (...’cause losing is a sign of weakness!...). |
| 280. Author: Sunoverbeach | Date: Wed, 4/8/2020, 8:19PM EST | |
I really like the Straight Jacket....but not to that extent |
| 281. Author: tonygraz | Date: Wed, 4/8/2020, 10:05PM EST | |
And there are two bidders |
| 282. Author: Sunoverbeach | Date: Wed, 4/8/2020, 10:18PM EST | |
Right? Insanity's contagious. Like $275 for 5 cigars total |
| 283. Author: Mrs. dpnewell | Date: Thu, 4/9/2020, 3:44PM EST | |
The Straight Jacket is a good $2 cigar. I have 17 of them left and have never paid more than $2. But then again, the entire auction has gone insane. There are about a dozen of my favorites that I was winning for a dollar at will, a few months ago. I was winning so many of them that I had to stop bidding. Today, those exact same cigars are closing at $4 to $5 and more. I'm done bidding until the madness ceases.
David |
| 284. Author: tonygraz | Date: Thu, 4/9/2020, 6:18PM EST | |
Me too. There is no point to bidding on 500 auctions and winning one or two you can do without. |
| 285. Author: Stogie1020 | Date: Thu, 4/9/2020, 11:31PM EST | |
It's making freefall a more attractive option... |
| 286. Author: tonygraz | Date: Fri, 4/10/2020, 11:04AM EST | |
I have never bought anything on freefall and never had one my "make me an offer" offers accepted. |
| 287. Author: KingoftheCove | Date: Fri, 4/10/2020, 11:28AM EST | |
Stogie1020 wrote:It's making freefall a more attractive option... Back in the day, FF was the best way to buy the Jaime Garcia Robusto. Currently there are a handful of deals on FF, which are are quite good, and when compared to the bidding going on recently? It’s an outstanding option. I’ve named one in another thread....SPC PP. The others?  You can easily tell by the fact that 50 to over 100 people are buying.... |
| 288. Author: KingoftheCove | Date: Fri, 4/10/2020, 11:33AM EST | |
Dang double post |
| 289. Author: Stogie1020 | Date: Fri, 4/10/2020, 11:35AM EST | |
KingoftheCove wrote:Back in the day, FF was the best way to buy the Jaime Garcia Robusto. Currently there are a handful of deals on FF, which are are quite good, and when compared to the bidding going on recently? It’s an outstanding option. I’ve named one in another thread....SPC PP. The others? You can easily tell by the fact that 50 to over 100 people are buying.... Totally agree. Normally I can get better prices in the auctions than the lowest freefall numbers, but with the current state of overbidding, I am finding that I can buy on freefall for less than the overbidders are driving prices up to and the availability is there. I might lose three auctions in a row trying to bid on a particular smoke because there is a frenzy for the three or four 5-packs available, but there are a bunch on freefall for less than the auctions are ending at. |
| 290. Author: KingoftheCove | Date: Fri, 4/10/2020, 12:03PM EST | |
Ok, in the spirit of Easter, I’ll give out another one.
Melanio Robusto 10- pack.
Good reset is low $44............. and there might even be one or two in the $43 range |
| 291. Author: izonfire | Date: Fri, 4/10/2020, 12:06PM EST | |
KingoftheCove wrote:Dang double post That's OK King. One day I'm gonna teach you how this schitt works... |
| 292. Author: tonygraz | Date: Fri, 4/10/2020, 3:44PM EST | |
Buddy Holly wrote a song about that. |
| 293. Author: SirKnight | Date: Fri, 4/10/2020, 7:25PM EST | |
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| 294. Author: SirKnight | Date: Sat, 4/11/2020, 11:45AM EST | |
https://www.cigarbid.com...st-city-cigars/3537033/ They definitely believe in never losing an auction |
| 295. Author: Stogie1020 | Date: Sat, 4/11/2020, 11:56AM EST | |
COVID-19 Symptoms:
-shortness of breath
-fever
-overbidding
-aches |
| 296. Author: Ujparise | Date: Sat, 4/11/2020, 9:41PM EST | |
Holy balls boys. I’m been on a coronacation i come back and the wheels are off the bus. Thank heavens I bought 2000 cigars over the winter, prices right now are NUTS!!!!! |
| 297. Author: SirKnight | Date: Sun, 4/12/2020, 6:42AM EST | |
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| 298. Author: Stoney Creek | Date: Sun, 4/12/2020, 11:28AM EST | |
What gets me about overbidding is people paying above retail on sticks and accessories . I bid on boveda packs at retail price and im getting over bid on them.
i can buy them on amazon for 4 bucks each with free shipping.
So amazon it is and 8 bucks cheaper than these fools paid.
Congrats on the big win
Keep throwing your money away morons. |
| 299. Author: KingoftheCove | Date: Sun, 4/12/2020, 12:32PM EST | |
Stoney Creek wrote:What gets me about overbidding is people paying above retail on sticks and accessories . I bid on boveda packs at retail price and im getting over bid on them.
i can buy them on amazon for 4 bucks each with free shipping.
So amazon it is and 8 bucks cheaper than these fools paid.
Congrats on the big win
Keep throwing your money away morons. Um.........you had better check in with Frank.......and quickly. Also, overbidders keep our lights on........learn to love them. |
| 300. Author: Palama | Date: Sun, 4/12/2020, 12:44PM EST | |
KingoftheCove wrote:Um.........you had better check in with Frank.......and quickly.
Also, overbidders keep our lights on........learn to love them. It’s only been 4 months, not 4 years. The more appropriate person would be Tony “Bag o’ Questions” G.  |
